getting a clear coat on guitar

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as you all know i have my agile al2500 thats signed by Chris poland and matt oconnor the writing is beginning to wear off so i was wondering if it would be possible to get like a laquer put over it to protect it???

and if so would it affect the tone at all and how much would it cost roughly?

[ToneMonkey]

You may need to know what sort of pen it was signed with as different clear coats have different effects on that sort of thing.  The clear coat on the guitar will also have an effect at what can be used.

I would take it to someone knowledgable that can have a look and tell you.  Without seeing it, I don't think anyone here could offer a 100% accurate idea for you.

As for the having an effect on the sound.....not really.  As for cost.....fairly expensive as it's a fair amount of buffing.

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ah cheers. ill have a look around see if anywhere has any info

my brother has got some stuff for doing cars and says it should work but i dont want to risk it just in case.

[ToneMonkey]

There's a product called Rustin's Plasticoat (or something similar) that may be suitable.  I think that it's about as unreactive with stuff as possible.  Goes on real thick and is fairly self leveling.  I saw a guitar that one of my mates had used this on and (before buffing) it had given a real nice finish.

I think some experiments will be the order of the day.

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ah thats all cool. cheers,.

[WezV]

i thought rustins plastic coating was acidic and i know it definately doesnt like going over some lacquers

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damn this is turning out to be a lot harder to find information on than i thought it would be,

[WezV]

The general consensus is to do a test with the pen and lacquer on scr@p before getting anything signed.

Its a bit hard to do afterwards, unless you know what pen was used you will have to take a gamble.  Either way you would need to dust on the lacquer very gently - if you sprayed a normal thickness coat it would most likely bleed straight away.  Its as much down to technique as it is the right sort of lacquer

The rustic plastic coating does give a great finish but might not the thing to use here

[FELINEGUITARS]

Either way you would need to dust on the lacquer very gently - if you sprayed a normal thickness coat it would most likely bleed straight away.  

Yes the first coat wants to be almost dry as it hits the body to prevent any thinners dissolving /washing away the pen

[Calum_Barrow]

Best way is to write on something with a pen (the same if possible) and spray some lacquer on it. I know that on a guitar I painted for art at school I tried to spray had permanent marker on it, but the acetone in the lacquer (or whatever part it is) dissolved the marker and it ran, and you don't want it to do that. Try it on some scr@p or something first. That's ALWAYS the thing to do when you are even a little unsure about something.

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Best way is to write on something with a pen (the same if possible) and spray some lacquer on it. I know that on a guitar I painted for art at school I tried to spray had permanent marker on it, but the acetone in the lacquer (or whatever part it is) dissolved the marker and it ran, and you don't want it to do that. Try it on some scr@p or something first. That's ALWAYS the thing to do when you are even a little unsure about something.

well the silly thing is i think its one of theose tip ex pens